Readingcomprehension(阅读理解)Choosethebestanswer（根据以下内容，选择最恰当的答案）“MonaLisa”attractsartloversaroundtheworld.DoyouknowLenardodaVincialsopaintedan“EarlierMonaLisa”before?

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“Mona Lisa” attracts art lovers around the world. Do you know Lenardo da Vinci also painted an “Earlier Mona Lisa” before? It will be exhibited in Shanghai next year. Joel Feldman the general secretary of the Mona Lisa Foundation accepted an interview about the painting and the organization recently.

Q: How was the “Earlier Mona Lisa” discovered?

A: In 1913 Hugh Blaker a manager of the Holburne Museum in England found the “Earlier Mona Lisa” and brought it to his museum. A year later the painting was sent to the US for publisher bought the painting and kept it in the Bank of Swizerland.

Since the Mona Lisa Foundation was established in 2008 we have done lots of necessary research on the “Earlier Mona Lisa” and many high technologies were used. In the end 28 out of the 29 experts believe this is certainly the painting created by Lenardo da vinci.

Q: Do you remember the feeling when you first saw the “Mona Lisa” painting and this “Earlier Mona Lisa” painting?

A: I first saw the “Mona Lisa” in the Louvre as a young boy. Quite honestly I was disappointed as the painting looked quite small and dark. When I first saw the “Earlier Mona Lisa” I was absolutely stunned. Believe me there is really something amazing that occurs when you are in the presence of this painting.

Q: Why did you choose Shanghai for this exhibition?

A: First Shanghai is one of world art centers. In addition the mission of the foundation is to show the painting to the world. Therefore we decided to begin its Asian tour and Shanghai obviously would be the first stop.

Q: Could you tell me more details about the security for the painting?

A: I can’t tell you a lot. What I can say is that we paid huge amounts of money for the insurance and the painting will be allowed to visit the painting a day. But visitors will be able to come quite close to the painting.

1. _______ was the first owner of the  “Earlier Mona Lisa” in the passage.

A. The Mona Lisa Foundation      B. The Holburne Museum

  C. The Boston Museum of Fine Art  D. The Bank of Switzerland

2. What was the main purpose of the research?

A. To learn the history of Leonardo da Vinci.

B. To know the value of the  “Earlier Mona Lisa”.

C. To find out who painted the “Earlier Mona Lisa”

D. To test different high technologies.

3. The underlined word “stunned” is the closest in meaning to “____”

A. surprised    B frightened    C bored   D  worried

4. Which city will the  “Earlier Mona Lisa” most probably travel to after Shanghai?

A. Los Angeles  B. London    C. Paris       D Beijing

5. The organization did many things to keep the painting safe except_____.

A buying an expensive insurance for the painting.

A.      using a high-tech case to show the painting

B.      limiting the number of visitors to the exhibiton

C.      keeping visitors a long distance away from the painting

6. In which section of the newspaper can you most likely find this passage?

A. Science section   B. Sports section  C. Arts section   D. Business section

Answer 1

1. B

2.先在文中找到reserch出现的句子，Since the Mona Lisa Foundation was established in 2008 we have done lots of necessary research on the “Earlier Mona Lisa” and many high technologies were used.根据后面的段落可知，是想要找到谁画的这幅画。

3.A 带到句子中翻译，可以看出表示的是他很吃惊。

4.D 需要推理，但比较简单，因为要在亚洲进行展示，所以接下来肯定还是亚洲的城市，显然选D.

5.D 文中最后一句提到But visitors will be able to come quite close to the painting.

6.本文是关于艺术的，所以很显然会出现在艺术版块。